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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Unpacking my library : writers and their books / edited by Leah Price.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-300-17092-4 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Authors, American—Books and reading. 2. Authors—Books and reading. I. Price, Leah.
II. Title: Writers and their books.
Z1039.A87U56 2011
028’.9—dc23
2011022679
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This paper meets the requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).
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